Tag: Halloween

Published in 1914, these Halloween games are not the safe games children sometimes play today during the Halloween season. I do not recommend playing any…

This newspaper article, published in 1912, covers some of the ways Halloween was celebrated in the recent past. While some of the info on the…

In this article from 1895, the list is that American Halloween customs are very similar to those in Scotland and Ireland. Several distinct Halloween divinations…

Here is a rather dangerous Halloween game that was played by American children in the early 1900s. I do not suggest anyone play this game…

Halloween conjures up images of witches, ghosts, and fortune telling. In folk belief, Halloween is also the best time to see into your future. Newspapers…

Bobbing for apples was one of the things I used to look forward to every Halloween as a child. We would do it at least…